Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 7 · at UNLV · Conference game
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1-4 · Power #95
48
final
Final
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5-0 · Power #74
51
▲ winner
Closing spread
UNLV -7.5
✓ AFA W
Total
66.5
▲ Over · 99 pts
Model before kickoff
AFA 28–36 UNLV
✓ UNLV (72%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUNLV -7.5
CloseUNLV -7.5
Total68.5 → 66.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened UNLV -7.5 · unchangedmodel UNLV -11
Opened 68.5 · closed 66.5 · moved 2 downmodel 64
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 6.5–8.5 since 2023: won 72%, covered 58% (155 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenUNLV -7.5
CloseUNLV -7.5
Total68.5 → 66.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like UNLV as a 7.5-point home favorite against AFA, the favorite won 7, covered 3, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: UNLV won 51–48; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 99 points went over 66.5, as in 3 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
3 of 933%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 51%

Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 2.2 against an average line of 7.9; 57.8 points a game (usually 53.4). Of the 2 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
WKU vs UNT
2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & season form
-1013–40 L U70
Very close
2024 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & team ratings
-1034–24 P U64
Very close
2023 · Week 8 · very close · similar situation & rest
-6.525–23 L U60
Very close
2024 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & spread
-752–20 W O65.5
Very close
2024 · Week 10 · very close · similar team ratings & season form
-5.530–34 L O60
Very close
MEM vs TLSA
2022 · Week 11 · very close · similar spread & season form
-6.526–10 W U62.5
Close
ECU vs HOU
2022 · Week 12 · close · similar season form & rest
-63–42 L U66.5
Close
TOL vs KENT
2022 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & season form
-752–31 W O62.5
Close
CCU vs GASO
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar team ratings & rest
-1034–30 L U69.75
Close
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar season form
-10.531–24 L U64.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2022 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

Signals

The data signal, and 4 trends and market moves behind it
Moderate UNLV ATS trend Miss
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Mixed signals on the total

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

UNLV ATS trend (4-1)
UNLV have covered 80% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
UNLV 3-1 ATS as a favorite
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 271-262 (51%)
Both teams trending Over (7-3 combined)
Their games this season have mostly gone over the total. · Backtest 2023–26: 66-66 (50%)
Total moved down 2
68.5 → 66.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
AFA−8.0 →−8.3▼ 0.3#98
UNLV+5.4 →−1.0▼ 6.4#69
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

AFA
Longer bar = better
UNLV
#20
Offense
◀ AFA better
#37
#133
Defense
UNLV better ▶
#86
−0.4 #102
Turnovers
UNLV better ▶
+1.6 #1
66 plays #75
Pace
◀ AFA faster
64 plays #100
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When AFA has the ball
Advantage: AFA offense
AFA offUNLV defEdge
Points / game 36.4 #32 26.0 #87 AFA
Yards / play 7.07 #16 6.01 #110 AFA
PPA / play +0.33 #13 +0.02 #38 AFA
Success rate 50% #19 45% #108 AFA
When UNLV has the ball
Advantage: UNLV offense
UNLV offAFA defEdge
Points / game 35.6 #38 37.8 #133 UNLV
Yards / play 6.39 #38 7.71 #137 UNLV
PPA / play +0.21 #39 +0.46 #137 UNLV
Success rate 48% #34 47% #124 UNLV

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
AFA scoring against the UNLV defense
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AFA scored
7.0
#53
6.8
#100
13.8
#80
8.8
#29
13.8
#2
22.6
#5
UNLV allowed
6.8
#103
4.0
#17
10.8
#56
7.6
#115
7.6
#94
15.2
#123
UNLV scoring against the AFA defense
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UNLV scored
8.2
#33
10.8
#41
19.0
#35
6.2
#61
10.4
#14
16.6
#27
AFA allowed
7.6
#115
7.6
#83
15.2
#97
10.4
#131
12.2
#134
22.6
#135

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
UNLV +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
AFA7d
UNLV7d
Even
Tempo
Average 131 plays
slowavg 134fast